Research funder · Belgium

Belgian Federal Science Policy Office

Federal government body

belspo.be/belspo/index_en.stm

Grants since 2016: 410
Awarded, last 5 years (where amounts are published): —
Funded works, last 5 years: 4 072
Funded works, all time: 16.3k

Grants

2026 · grant · Science for a sustainable society (Science for sustainable development)

Stereo Flaxsense NG

Isabelle Piccard · Flemish Institute for Technological Research

2026–2027 · grant · Research programme supporting the federal policy note on drugs

RECOvery and PEER Support in substance use treatment

Jessica De Maeyer · Dosp_hogent

2026–2028 · grant · Science for a sustainable society (Science for sustainable development)

BE-SHIFT - Sufficiency & Transition climate neutrality in BE

Guillermo Borragán Pedraz · Flemish Institute for Technological Research

2025–2027 · grant · Research programme supporting the federal policy note on drugs

Towards trauma-informed care and support for persons who use substances (TICSS)

Wouter Vanderplasschen · Ghent University

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

DAMASCUS - Data management and Impact Evaluations to Inform Policymaking on the Labour Market Integration of Precarious Groups

Sofie Cabus · KU Leuven

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)

Geo-hydrological Hazards in the changing African trOpics: sediments, dynaMics and intERactions

Matthias Vanmaercke · KU Leuven

2025–2028 · grant · BELSPO - JPI

Managing Job quality and labour shortages with AI/AM in long-term care

Christophe Vanroelen · Vubrussel

2025–2027 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

BE-SEDEP - Belgian Strategic Economic Dependence

Jozef Konings · KU Leuven

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

PRO-ACTIF - "Investigating the NTU of social rights through simulation at the federal level and experimentation at the municipality level"

Martine Van Regenmortel · KU Leuven

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)

Advanced Remote sensing Techniques for greenhouse gas EMISsion modeling In African lakes

Ann Van Griensven · Vubrussel

2025–2028 · grant · BELSPO - Policy for Science program

Re-imagining colonial Tetela archives for the sustainable restitution of Tetela intangible cultural heritage - TETELA

Inge Brinkman · Ghent University

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

Data management and Impact Evaluations to Inform Policymaking on the Labour Market Integration of Precarious Groups - DAMASCUS

Bart Cockx · Ghent University

2025 · grant · Prodex Space travel

PRODEX-13 Project: Belgian Euclid Science Exploitation (BESE) - 2025

Sven De Rijcke · Ghent University

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

BE WISE - Belgium Wellbeing Indicators for Self-Employed

Martin Euwema · KU Leuven

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)

Remote sensing of coccolithophores and their influence on shelf sea CO2 sinks - ROCOCO

Griet Neukermans · Ghent University

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - Policy for Science program

Melting ice shelves Of AnTarctica

C. Kittel · Vubrussel

2025–2027 · grant · Research programme supporting the federal policy note on drugs

RECOvery and PEER Support in substance use treatment - RECO-PEERS

Stijn Vandevelde · Ghent University

2025–2028 · grant · Research programme supporting the federal policy note on drugs

Indicators for monitoring policies on controlled substances and behaviours.

Guido Van Hal · University of Antwerp

2025–2030 · grant · Science for a sustainable society (Science for sustainable development)

STEREO Thematic call: ARTEMISIA

Ils Reusen · Flemish Institute for Technological Research

2025 · grant · Prodex Space travel

PRODEX-13 Project: NANOMOTION - Nanomotion-based life detection and antifungal susceptibility testing in microgravity conditions - 2025

Bart Devreese · Ghent University

2025–2027 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

Towards Trauma-Informed Care and Support for persons who use Substances

Cleo L Crunelle · Vubrussel

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)

A Digital Twin for assessing dryland ecosystem functioning with machine learning (TWINDRYLANDS)

Hans Verbeeck · Ghent University

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

Belgium Wellbeing Indicators for Self-Employed - BE WISE

Malgorzata Wanda Kozusznik · Ghent University

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - Policy for Science program

Melting ice shelves Of AnTarctica - MOAT

Stefaan Lhermitte · KU Leuven

2025–2027 · grant · FED-tWIN

Fusion of multi-scale and multi-sensor remote sensing for fuel type classification

Sarah Descamps · Dosp_pxl

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - Policy for Science program

BE COOL: BalchenfjElla blue ice areas quest for the reCOvery of the OLdest ice

Harry Zekollari · Vubrussel

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)

Beyond NDVI - Remote Sensing, AI, and Citizen Science for Urban Green Space and Health Research

Ben Somers · KU Leuven

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)

Belgian wildfire data collection and analysis system (BELWIDAS)

Jan Baetens · Ghent University

2025–2029 · grant · Science for a sustainable society (Science for sustainable development)

STEREO Eau Ryza

Nick Gutkin · Flemish Institute for Technological Research

2025–2030 · grant · BELSPO - STEREO IV ( Support to the Exploitation and Research in Earth Observation data)

eau’Ryza: A framework for monitoring resource interactions within rice agro-ecosystems in Africa

Anne Gobin · KU Leuven

2025 · grant · Prodex Space travel

ARRAKIHS Science Development at UGent (ASDUG) - 2025

Maarten Baes · Ghent University

2025–2028 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program

eValuating and Improving the Campaign “Tournée minérale” through Optimized assessment, Renewal of alcohol-related norms and promotion of non-alcoholic drinks.

Cleo L Crunelle · Vubrussel

2025–2029 · grant · BELSPO - Science for Policy program